Monday, March 10, 2014

Several weeks ago I purchased calla lilies as models for some drawing I was doing. As is my habit, I left them in the studio for way too long, and they died. As I was transporting them to the garbage, however, a leaf fell onto my drawing table, and I was inspired!A new body of work is emerging now, and the relationship between the shape and feel of the bird skins and dead leaves is really speaking to me. They both represent beauty in death, and the fragile state of life for me.

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As a fine artist with interest in stitching and all that it represents (women's work, mending, binding) I have developed a style of art that allows me to combine my formal drawing and painting training along with my desire to layer beautiful fabrics and bind them together through stitches, knots, and beadwork. The stitches are sometimes tiny seed stitches that gather and spread, creating dimension and movement, while other times french knots bring focus and richness to areas of the painting. I find that making marks with stitches adds something more, something more deeply personal, something other media cannot communicate.
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